Taraba State Governor, Kefas Agbu has clarified that his sister, Atsi Kefas was shot dead by a policeman.
He confirmed that a police escort shot Atsi at a close range.
This is contrary to earlier reports that she was shot by kidnappers along Wukari-Chinkai road last year.
According to Kefas, a police escort attached to his mother’s escorts shot and killed his sister while travelling from Jalingo to Abuja, along the Wukari-Chinkai Road in 2024.
He made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
The stated that pellets of gun were found in the victim’s body during operation before she subsequently succumbed to death.
Kefas, while observing a minute silence for Atsi, and the over 50 people who were recently killed in Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of the state during an attack, called on the people to embrace peace and love one another.
He said, "Life is very precious to me. You can’t just end someone’s life and think God will be happy with you.
"My younger sister was shot and killed by a police escort who was inside the same bus with her.
"Investigation revealed that my sister Atsi was shot at a close range. The policeman is still under investigation so that justice should prevail."
The governor assured that a commission of enquiry would soon be set up to look into the causes of Karim-Lamido crisis.
He expressed the hope that a lasting solution would come.